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Rashaad Newsome on Daata Editions and at Expo Chicago

September 15, 2016

Daata Editions will launch new video artworks by Rashaad Newsome for the platform at EXPO Chicago, Sept 22 – 25 2016. Rashaad’s works will be presented at the VIP Collectors Lounge, alongside new artworks by Larry Achiampong, Casey Jane Ellison, Tameka Norris, Saya Woolfalk and a selection by Gutter Records including Jake Chapman, Graham Dolphin, Joachim Koester & Stefan A. Pedersen. The works will be available to view and acquire online at daata-editions.com

About the works: Rashaad Newsome’s practice examines the black and LGBT identities by blending several practices together including collage, sculpture, video, music, computer programming and performance, to form an altogether new field.

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